Barfing, Digging and Singing (no, I'm not dead)

Yesterday morning when I woke up, I had constant barfing and extreme, explosive Diarrhea. Okay, not really, but that's what I said when I called off. I went to my friends house at 8:00 AM and we dug out an area for her flower garden. We had to dig a big hole for her fish pond (it's the hard shell kind, and thank God not TOO big) and I can do just about anything; but I HATE digging. For some reason it makes my lower back feel like it's going to snap in half. But we did it. Then we went and got a bunch of top soil and mulch and plants and finished it up. Man it looks so good!!!! Her ex husband had just showed up with her kids when I started mowing and he said, "Where can I hire one of those!" She said, "I told you Luke, she's the best husband I have EVER had!"

Tuesday night my kids had gone back to their dads and Chris and I were out sitting on the deck. His kids came out and Zach was playing his guitar. He is actually pretty darn good. Chris asks Zach to play Amazing Grace. He said, "Remember, you have to play that and Bina's going to sing it at my funeral". Zach said he didn't know it yet. Then I said, "Sarah, you sing so good you can sing Sailing by Christopher Cross for me. Or you can sing Come Sail Away by Styxx, or hell, you guys would probably be happier singing, (and I sang this to them) "Ding dong the witch is dead, the witch is dead, ding dong the wicked witch is dead!". Chris about spit beer across the deck and his kids laughed harder than I have EVER seen them laugh! I must admit, it was pretty darn funny.

Chris's ex called last night and told him that Zach got a speeding ticket. He was going 46 in a 25. This will be his second ticket in a year. Now, remember we pay the insurance?? $284 a month?? So naturally, it will probably go up. But Chris was freaking pissed! But ya know what? When Zach snuck out of the house a month ago they told him they were selling his car and he would have to buy the next one himself. Well, he got the car back in a week. Why would he even think anything would happen to him? I'm just praying the judge will take his license. That's what they did to the neighbors son when he got a speeding ticket. That would be the best thing to happen to that kid.

My girls are leaving for Kauai, Hawaii today with their dad. That's where he was raised. They will be there for two weeks. I'm going to miss my little girl! Two weeks without her? But at least I get her for two weeks when they get back, and I KNOW they will have a blast. Tomorrow night the whole family (his siblings and stuff) are going to be on the beach and doing fire works, and if you have never been to Hawaii for a 4th of July celebration, you don't know what you have been missing. It's freaking amazing!

My neighbors are having a pig roast tomorrow. They bought a 150 pound pig, and dug the pit last night. Chris helped and I watched. Hey, I had already done my share of digging and I had already had a long hot bath! So, about one foot down, there is all this construction garbage, like wires, siding, plastic, soda bottles, and just all kinds of crap. I don't understand why the construction crews don't throw that crap away instead of burying it in people's yards. I dug up so many bricks when I was digging for my flower gardens that I actually used them all to make a border for my Hostas in the back yard. Anyway, I'm hoping this pig will be done right and taste just like the ones in Hawaii! Cause if so??? YUMMY!!!!!

Well, not sure if I'll be on until Monday. And remember I'll be in St. Louis next week so I'll be scarce around here. But I hope you all have wonderful 4th of July celebrations and stay safe, and have GREAT stories to tell afterwards!

Just call me Little Miss Grumpy Pants

I am so freaking grumpy it's not even funny! Ariana calls me Little Miss Grumpy pants when I get this way. It's not time for my viscous, turn-in-to-Satin PMS. I think it's a culmination of things that have been happening. For instance, I feel like I'm being totally ignored most of the time. This scares me because I know how I am. I don't like to be ignored and just be someones second thought, or the last choice if there is no one else around. And yea, I know it's usually how marriages end up when the honey moon faze is over, BUT I DON'T LIKE IT!!!!!! Sometimes I wonder if I'm addicted to that lust-can't-have-enough-of-you faze.

Any way, I do have good news! First of all, it's a 4 day work week! Woo Hoo!!!!! And then my assistant (who happens to be a VERY good friend of mine as well) and I are going on a trip. Next week, on Monday, we will be leaving for St. Louis for training on some prospective software. We won't be coming back until Thursday, so actually we just have to work one day next week! I am so freaking excited. Long ago, I used to go to Pensacola or Destin for user's group meetings with MilSoft. Talk about a GREAT time! And it was all paid for by the company. I haven't gone since I had Ariana. And St. Louis is no Florida beach but it's not home either! And my girls will be in Hawaii with their dad so I don't have to worry about who will take care of them. So, if any of my blog buddies are in St. Louis, PLEASE email me and I would LOVE to meet you! Leah and I will have a great time because we always laugh when we are together, and we make SURE we have a great time. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights are open for us, but we will be leaving around 2:00 PM on Thursday. So really, EMAIL me!!!!!

My working out is going great. I have increased my time to 45 minutes on the elliptical, and I'm up to resistance 7 & 8. But damn, I get so mad at having to wait for the weight machines. I can't believe a place that big only has ONE of each machine.

I can't tell you the last time it has rained here and I have been watering the crap out of my yard. Sunday I watered for five hours!!! It's starting to turn green again but it has a long way to go to look as good as it did in the Spring, but I will be damned if that grass is gonna die. I will not let it!!!!

Remember my friend with the stalker single-white-female friend? I had told my friend that I wouldn't be surprised if said stalker got her hair cut just like my friend. This stalker had long blond hair. She got it cut SHORT and died it the same color as my friends. She shows up at her house at like 11:00 PM and sends her text messages all the freaking time. My friend finally told her to leave her alone, and now this girl is just NOT gonna stop!!!! She has threatened her, told her she was going to get her fired from her job, and all this other shit. I told my friend to file a report but she just won't do it.

Well, that's it for today! Hope you all have a good one!

Mattress Love and Prison Transfers

First of all, last week, they locked down the Internet, AGAIN! So I couldn't come on most of Thursday and not at all on Friday. I was SICK I tell ya! Didn't realize I was so addicted, and now I have to play catch up. WHY it's working today, I don't know. But I'm going to post first and then read, read, read.

As most of you who have been reading me know, my oldest son is in jail. He has been there since January 5th or something like that. He was sentenced to two years, but only HAS to serve 1/4 because they gave him 6 months time served or some crap like that. Well, he has been waiting since April to be moved to a prison. I guess in the jail he was in a small room with 11 other guys, and they don't go outside unless they have a court date, and they have NOTHING to do. Yea, it's jail. But he could not wait to get to prison because they can take classes, they have outside time, they have a commissary where they can buy food and drinks and keep in their cells, things like that. He was also having panic attacks because, well, he was locked up like an animal. So, my first ex calls me Friday and said, "Hey B, (he has always called me that), they took him". I said, "Who took who?" He said, "They took Brice!" He was flipping out and stuff. I asked, "Who took Brice where?" He said, "I don't know where they took him! But they took him!" So I finally get out of him, cause you know, I'm a freaking mind reader, that he was transferred to a prison. I was relieved, I promise I was. But for some reason, it's all I thought about all weekend. I haven't slept well for two nights just thinking about what he is going through, where he is, and not believing that he has to go through this for not showing up for his probation appointment and my friends ex got the SAME AMOUNT OF TIME for being a sexual deviant. Where is the justice. But I'm just waiting to hear from him and trying to keep that crap out of my head and my thoughts.

Ariana has started peeing the bed. She is 5. She hasn't peed the bed in a LONG time and I try and make her go pee before she goes to bed, but she inevitably will get up and some point, late at night, and go downstairs and drink milk. The mattress she had was about 2o years old so I went and bought her a new one yesterday. While she and I were at the Mattress Firm place, she ran the store a few times. She finally came up to me, sat down, and said she won. I asked her who she was racing and she said her invisible friend. I asked her where he was and she told me he left. I asked, "So, did he leave because you won?" She told me yes. Then she said, very mature like, "So. What did I get?" I pointed at the mattress and said, "You're getting that one". She said, okay, but then said, "I don't want that one. It's not blue like my old one." I told her it didn't matter cause she won't see it anyway. We get home, I take it in and put it on her bed, take the old one and put it in the van and we go to the dump. All the way there she is talking to that stupid mattress saying things like, "I'm sorry bed. You will always be in my heart and I've slept on you since I was born, but you are dead now cause you smell like pee. I have to have a new one but I'll always love you." Can you say DRAMA.

Other than that, the weekend was pretty uneventful I guess. Well, aside from me throwing away the shrimp stir fry I made on Saturday because I got highly pissed off and told Chris I am never cooking again when his kids are at the house. I'll cook when my kids are there and he cook for his kids cause they never eat what I make, they would rather eat canned ravioli's or spaghetti o's, or cold pizza, or french Fry's. He said it's cause they aren't used to good meals cause their mother doesn't cook.

Oh, we did our fire works deal on Friday night. I bought a crap load cause we won't have any kids this weekend, and it was great, except for the big burn blister I have on my thumb now from lighting so many fuses!

Anyway, that's it for now. I need to play catch up on my blogs!

The drama of daughters

I picked Ariana up at daycare on Monday. It's my week with the girls. And Lord how I miss that child when she isn't here. The first thing I do is tell her she can't pet the cat or let him in the house cause he has worms. She then asks, "Why is the cat eating worms?" I have to explain that he didn't EAT the worms, he got worms from eating the mice and rabbits. She thinks for a few seconds and then starts with a list, "Cat's like birds. And cat's like mice, and rabbits. Cat's don't like dogs. Cat's like people." She thought for a few seconds and said, "And...I got nothing else."

We get home and Chris is sitting on the front porch. He said, "Hi Ariana! Did you miss me?" She replied, "No, not really. I just missed the dog" then she walks in the house. Kids and honesty.

Later that night she comes out back on the deck and proceeded to say, "Mom. Alaina and I have been fighting a lot. She calls me a retard, tells me I'm annoying, I yell at her and go in her room, so I want to make her something. Can I use your sewing machine and your sewing kit?" I said, "NO! You are not using my sewing machine. But, when we go to WalMart tomorrow, I'll buy you a little girls sewing kit, how's that?" Well, she begged and pleaded, put her hands together like she was praying, tilting her head to the side and gave me that "look", but I just kept telling her no. So, she yells, "Fine then! We'll just keep fighting and it will be your fault!" And she goes in the house. But, the next day, they had no sewing kits for little girls so she decides to get about six pieces of felt, a kit that has these fur balls, different sized eyeballs, and different color pipe cleaners (I think that's what they are) and we picked out some glue. We got home and that 5 year old child of mine spent about two hours making stuff, and dang it was creative stuff! I told Chris that sometimes I'm just amazed that this little girl can just think of stuff to do and things to make. It just melts my heart.

I took the day off yesterday and scrubbed my house, baseboards, doors, etc, and man oh man did it feel good. Then I took Ariana to see Kung Fu Panda and then we went to the pool for about an hour and a half. Alaina was supposed to go, but she said, "Mom? Are you STAYING at the pool or just dropping me off?" I told her I was staying and she said, "Most parents drop their kids off and leave." I told her I wanted to go to and then that little 12 year old brat of mine said, "Well then, I don't want to go." She is ALL about her friends and to hell with her family. I don't know what I'm going to do with that girl. Everything in her life is friends and activities with her friends and she even told her dad that she doesn't want to spend time with her family cause it's boring. Oh, I could go on and on, but this is getting too long so I'll save it for another day.

Have a good one!

The Wedding Blues

I didn’t really do much over the weekend. Except for Sunday night. Remember I told you Chris’s niece was getting married? It started at 5:00 PM. She married a guy from Jordan, who is here illegally. He was working at a gas station getting paid under the table and got caught. He was put in jail in Memphis, and her parents drove the 3 ½ hours there to bail him out because he was in the process of trying to be come legal. From what I understand, they got married in October trying to get his legal status through quicker. No one knew this but her parents and family, but she wanted a wedding, so she had a wedding.

Here are some things that struck me as odd, but in no particular order.

First of all, she looked SO happy and SO in love!
He looked like he didn’t give a flying crap about being there.
I have never in all my life seen fatter brides maids. Yes, that is just WRONG to say, but Lord have mercy, they should have picked different dresses.
The bride is the sweetest thing. She is WAY over weight, and her husband is this skinny little guy.
They had a guy from Jordan officiate the wedding, and he COULD NOT READ ENGLISH! It’s one of those things that you sit there and are just embarrassed for someone because they don’t know how they sound. It was awful!
The groom kept leaving the building and going outside to talk to his friends. His best man and the groom’s men were all from Jordan.
After their dance and the father daughter dance, the groom once again left the building.
All the grooms “male” friends that were there wanted to do a “traditional” dance. So, they put in this CD, and you know the music you hear on TV when the news reporters are somewhere in the middle east reporting on terrorists? THAT WAS THE MUSIC! So the guys get up there in a line, hold hands, and start doing this stomping dancing and go in circles and stuff. They bring the bride out and the best man dances to her. They make her dad come out there and dance with them. Where is the groom? Who freaking knows at this point. After about 10 minutes of that yelling and that AL LA LA ALA AL LA LA and stomping around I had to get out of there. Most people did. We just went outside, and there was the groom talking to someone. They did that dance and music for 20 MINUTES STRAIGHT! I think I would have died from exhaustion and you could SMELL that place once we went back in.
Chris’s brother is a paramedic and when that music started, he left the wedding. I mean, totally left. Chris thinks it’s because of the whole 9-11 thing, but I told him if some guys from America went to the middle east and blew something up, that wouldn’t mean that ALL Americans are bad people. But these are die hard Southern people so I’m sure this was a total culture shock for them.

However, I must add something here that surprised me. While the guys were doing the dancing and that music was playing, I had this thought come into my head. My ex husband was Special Forces. He was in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and all the "stans" as they call them, and I almost felt like I was betraying him by being at this wedding. I had to force that thought out of my head and make myself realize that this wedding has NOTHING to do with any of the fighting going on. But it was hard, especially knowing the groom is here illegally (how did he GET here and WHY?) and he did NOT look happy, even a little bit.

Everybody's working for the weekend!

My God. Can my life BE any more boring? The answer to that would be a big freaking NO!!!!

No plans for the weekend.
Don't have the kids.
It's gonna rain.
Chris's son is spending the night so they can play Wii for his 17th B-day. (Now is it me, or is that just totally freaking weird???)
I don't wanna go home.
It's Friday for crying out loud and I want to GO SOMEWHERE!!!
I'll work out tomorrow, that's a plus.
Anyone have any great ideas for workout music? From my post down there, you see the type of music I like but dang it's boring the crap out of me already!!!!!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

I'm kicking her to the curb!

Wow. I had no idea about that my BFF was such a traitor. She is evil. I was almost fatally attracted but thank God you guys have made me see the light. I couldn't understand the warnings so I looked it up;

AFRIN CAUTION

Inform your physician if you are allergic to Pseudoephedrine found in Afrin.
Avoid Afrin if you have severe high blood pressure, glaucoma, or kidney disease.
Afrin should be used with caution if you have pre-existing heart problems, liver disease, COPD, emphysema, thyroid disease, diabetes, enlarged prostate, and history of seizures.
Avoid taking Afrin within 2 weeks of using an MAO-inhibitor.
Afrin may cause drowsiness or low concentration. Use caution when driving or operating machinery.

AFRIN SIDE EFFECTS

Common side effects of Afrin include insomnia, dizziness, headache, nervousness, loss of appetite and upset stomach. (This could explain a LOT)
Rare side effects of Afrin include irregular heartbeat, chest pain, rash, itching, swelling, severe dizziness, breathing problems, difficulty urinating, and seizures.

Once again I've been betrayed by someone I love. The Devil in Disguise if you will. Allergy medicine doesn't work for me. I guess I'll try the Mucinex and see if that will do anything but Afrin? You are OUT THE DOOR!!!!!!

Thanks to all of you who warned me!

She's my best friend

I found a new best friend. I'm sorry Beth!!!! It's short term, I freaking HOPE! But my new BFF has been by my side, day and night, for the past two weeks, and even in the middle of the night I can count on her. She is there beside me, just waiting to help. She saves me, no questions asked, no complaints. She is willing to go through some pretty tough stuff just to help me. I've never had anyone like her. Because of her, I can breath. Because of her, I can sleep. She is always at arms reach, and I thank God every day that I have her in my life.

Oh why oh why do the weekends fly by

Wow! I haven't posted since Thursday? I was extremely busy on Friday and could not wait to leave! The weekend was nothing spectacular. Did some shopping for wedding gifts, cleaned house, etc. Sunday we took Chris out to eat then I went to my friends and helped her plant Hosta's and Day Lillys. I went home and set up Ariana's new water sprinkler toy and played in that with her for a while and then she and I sun bathed for a while. I let my girl's dad pick them up that day instead of Monday since it was Father's Day so I didn't have them that night.

I took the day off yesterday cause I just NEEDED it! I went back to my friends house at 8:00 AM that morning and mowed her grass for her. I couldn't decide if I wanted to hit the Y or mow for an hour and since I LOVE it outside, I did the mowing. That wore me out worse than working out! I thought I was gonna die! Not really, but yea, it was freaking hot and it's a BIG yard to push mow. Then we went to the pool at the .... well, they aren't apartments, but it's still a "complex" so-to-speak, but they have a pool and we stayed there about an hour. Then I went home and started reading a book. I did that about four hours!!!!! There was no one home. I didn't have the TV or radio on and it was AWESOME!!!!! You never know how much you miss peace and quiet until you actually have it, ya know?

My step-son tried to sneak out of the house on Saturday. Little did he know that we turned the alarm system on so when he opened the front door, he was busted. By the time Chris got up and put his robe on and went to the living room, the boy was sitting on the love seat, in the dark, with his wallet and keys in hand. Chris asked him what the hell he was doing. He said, "Just sitting here thinking." Chris asked why he opened the front door and he said to get some fresh air. Chris pointed out that it was 70 in the house and 82 outside and if he wanted fresh air, why did he close it so fast. So the boy says, "Well, I was just thinking about becoming a senior and how I have to make good grades so I can go to college next year." When Chris told me that I busted up laughing. I said, "So, did you actually believe him???" He said of course not, he knows the boy was just telling him what he wanted to hear. The boy wouldn't admit to lying and trying to sneak out but Chris told him to get his ass upstairs in his room. He had to go outside to calm down before he went to talk to him, and then he spent an hour and a half (until after midnight cause that happened about 10:30 PM) talking to him about it. Not sure what's going to happen about that but Chris did tell the ex-biotch and she is mad, too. That usually just means a good talking to, nothing more.

Chris's niece is getting married on Sunday. We do not have his kids this weekend and I have been telling him he needs to ask the ex if he can take them to the wedding. I went and got her gifts on Saturday and reminded him again. So, he told the kids about the wedding and asked if they wanted to go. They called their mom. Their mom called Chris and said, "So Amber's getting married?" He told her yes. She said, "Well, if they want to go I'll take them." He said, "Oh, did you get an invitation?" She paused and said, "I don't know." Now, his family HATES her. She told Chris if she couldn't take them they weren't going because it was HER time with the kids. True enough. However, Chris is ALWAYS letting them go to their moms to see this person or that person, or go to the movies, or whatever, whenever she asks, and she gets them 22 days a month and he gets them 8. How unbelievable is that??????

Aside from that, I'm trying to get rid of my cockatiels. I LOVE these birds, but no one else likes them and I am SO tired of hearing the freaking complaints. I'm actually GIVING them away to the first person/people who will take them. There are two. Each have their own cage, toys, etc. One is REALLY friendly, the other one??? not so much. So if you are interested, just come on over and get them, but you have to prove you will take care of them people!!!! No abuse! No setting them free because it's wrong to cage birds! No letting them play with cats! Got it?

Music makes the world go round!

Since many of you asked, I’ll share what I have on my MP3 player, so far. Keep in mind I haven’t had it that long but I did want music for working out. And some of the songs are like, 30 years old or something, but still GREAT!

Love in An Elevator – Aerosmith
Gonna Make You Sweat: Everybody Dance Now – C+C Music Factory
Hung Up – Madonna
I’ve Been Thinking About You – Londonbeat
Jump Around – House of Pain
Move This – MC Eric
Paradise City – Guns & Roses
Pump It – Black Eyed Peas
Rag Doll – Aerosmith
Rhythm Is A Dancer – Snap!
Rump Shaker – Wreckx-N-Effect
See You Again – Miley Cyrus (Whatever, it’s a good song to workout too)
She’s a Hottie – Tobie Keith
Strike It Up – Crazy Sound Convention
Tainted Love – Soft Cell (Who DOESN’T love this song?)
What’s Your Name – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Wiggle It (Just a little bit) – 2 in a Room
Born To Be Alive – Countdown Mix Masters
Buttons – Pussycat Dolls
Don’t Cha – Pussycat Dolls
Please Don’t Stop The Music – Rihanna
Get Up! (Before the night is over) – MC Eric
Gimme Three Steps – Lynyrd Skynyrd

There ya have it! A few are cooling down songs, and I usually have it on shuffle, but I also have a play list in order of how I work out.

And right now? I’m eating the BEST chicken biscuit from Chick-Fil-A I’ve had in a long time! And I was starving cause I didn’t eat dinner last night.

Have a Great Day!